Then, they'd usually want a request via fax on letterhead, which I did not have, as a resident manager working for an old fashioned owner.Other than using other good sleuthing techniques and credit, criminal, eviction, employment checks - your next best defense is a month to month agreement.And remember that you can deny them for nearly anything you can think of.  

So i wouldn't doubt that she would lie to get something filled with more unlawfulness with the police force. 

I have heard from experienced landlords that it is often better to NOT let the tenant know that we are "owner/landlord", but rather that we are "just the PM" or even that we "just work for the PM".That way, it is easier to manage the tenants when they make unreasonable requests, we can just say "Sorry I can't authorize that, I just work for the PM" and we are not seen as the "bad guy" in the scenario, the unseen owner takes the blame.I wonder if this technique makes sense in a house hacking situation?

Yeah, I had one broker actually call and pretend that I'd agreed to bring an "executor's deed" to my hearing for my mother's probate (they get the court filings, which are public), and say that I need to be sure to have it in hand at the hearing, and some other garbage basically presenting herself as a legal expert - I reported her to the state bar as someone practicing law without a license and reported her to the state realtor's board, too.There are serious consequences for people using predatory techniques to prey on people who are grieving or aren't savvy about real estate deals or who are uneducated or seniors, etc. 

Plus, whenever you file an unlawful detainer (or eviction proceeding in your state), it goes on their eviction report.  

(the reasons why they want you to bend your rule for them)...You do the nice, smiling but broken record technique on them, "I hear what you're saying and I know you find it frustrating, etc., but that's our policy and we can't make any exceptions."

I'm looking for lead generation techniques as well.

No... process servers use skip-tracing techniques to find their targets.

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(note...she did not offer to pay rent) To proceed with an unlawful detainer I do not need to serve any notice but proceed directly to file.